Tainted Rosca De Reyes Bread Tests Positive for Synthetic Cannabinoid

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Those who became sick after eating the Three Kings bread reported symptoms including dizziness, palpitations and numbness. (Credit: Orange County Health Care Agency)

Tainted Rosca De Reyes Bread Tests Positive for Synthetic Cannabinoid

Those who became sick after eating the Three Kings bread reported symptoms including dizziness, palpitations and numbness. (Credit: Orange County Health Care Agency)

Lab tests on tainted holiday bread from a bakery in Santa Ana that sickened dozens of people came back positive for “synthetic cannabinoid,” police revealed on Thursday.

“The Orange County Sheriff’s Crime Lab classified the drug as a synthetic cannabinoid, but said it was better described as a synthetic cannabimimetic because it mimics some of the symptoms of cannabis consumption,” according to a news release from the Santa Ana Police Department.

More than 30 people became ill after eating Rosca de Reyes bread, also known as Three Kings Day or Epiphany bread, from Cholula’s Bakery, according to a news release from the Orange County Health Care Agency.